Word Play






Example







Pun







Pg. 34- dry language
Pg. 37-long sad taleexternal image mouse.jpg

Pg. 62- "
`Just think of what work it would make with the day and night! You see the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis--`Talking of axes,' said the Duchess, `chop off her head!' "
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Pg.74-"One, indeed!" said the Dormouse indignantly. However,he consented to go on. "And so these three litte sister- they were learning to draw, you know- "What did they draw? said Alice, quite forgetting her promise."Treacle," said the Dormous, without considering at all this time."

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Diction







Pg. 28- "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day!"

Pg. 55- "Serpent!" screamed the Pigeon. "I'm not a serpent!" said Alice indignantly. " Let me alone!"
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Pg. 73- "Take some more tea, the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly."I've has nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone:"so I can't take more." " You mean you can't take less" said the Hatter:" It's very easy to take more than nothing."
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Syntax







Pg. 59- letter from the Duchess to the Queen

Pg. 49- "Who are you, who are you?"

Pg. 43- "Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!" (pronounced "arrum")"

pg. 69-" I do." Alice hastily replied; "at least- at least I mean what i say- that's the same thing, you know.....I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I get what I like'!"....I breathe when I sleep' is the same thing as ' I sleep when I breathe'!"
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Lexicon







Pg. 42- "Pleasenter"

Pg. 26- "Curiouser and Curiouser"

Pg. 75- "Muchness"







Assonance







Pg 73-"Elsie, Lacie, &Tillie"

Pg. 84-The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed to by all three to settle the question, and they repeated their arguments to her, though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed to make out exactly what they said.

Pg. 62- "Speak roughly to you little boy, and beat him when he sneezes: He only does it to annoy, because he know it teases."

Pg.66- "Did you say 'pig', or 'fig'? said the Cat".





Alliteration







Ch. 6 Title- "Pig and Pepper"

pg 70.-"Best Butter"
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Pg. 75-"- that beings with an M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness'- you know you say things are 'much of a muchness'- did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?"







Personification



Pg.71-time
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pg. 68- "Your hair wants cutting"

Pg. 34- dry language
















Repition



Pg. 72-" Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle"
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Pg. 97-Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance.

Pg. 97-Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the dance?

Pg. 30- "`A mouse--of a mouse--to a mouse--a mouse--O mouse!"